Also the author of A Step-by-Step Guide to Drawing the Figure, John Raynes here offers a general drawing course; through 40 exercises and step-by-step projects he reveals an artist's thought process and offers tips and advice for building your confidence and skill working in pencil, charcoal, pastels, watercolor pencil, and ink. Raynes explains how to look objectively at the world and its details—and how to translate what you actually see into drawings—as he explores form and volume, perspective and structure, composition, light, and texture.